Cantique d’Été (1936) שיר קיץ
Comp. Year
1936
Details
Symphony Orchestra
Dur. | IMI Cat.
n/a
Premieres
n/a
Links
n/a
The Golden Chain (1937) שרשרת הזהב
Originally titled Chansons Populaires Juives
Comp. Year
1937
Details
Symphony Orchestra
Study score available
See also under Music for Piano
Dur. | IMI Cat.
20′
IMI 5-I
Premiere
1938 – WP: PO (later IPO), Issay Dobrowen – cond. Haifa, 2/3.3.1938;
Tel Aviv, 5/6.3.1938; Rehovot, 9.3.1938; Jerusalem, 10.3.1938.
Links
Four Impressions for SO (1938) ארבעה רשמים
Comp. Year
1938
Details
Symphony Orchestra
Dur. | IMI Cat.
n/a
Premieres and Selected Performances
1938 – WP: Palestine Broadcasting SO (later JSO, IBA), Karel Salomon – cond, Jerusalem, 18.12.1938.
Semitic Suite (1945/6) סוויטה שמית
Comp. Year
1946 rev.
1959
Details
Symphony Orchestra
See also under Music for Piano
Dur. | IMI Cat.
16′ | 6072
Premiere and selected Performances
1946 – WP: Histadrut SO, Frank Pelleg (Pollak) – cond. Tel Aviv, 27.2.1946.
Articles and reviews About Semetic Suite
Boskovich, Miriam. “Alexander Uriyah Boskovich – from The Golden Chain to Semitic Suite: 1) Piano Pieces for Youth; 2) Semitic Suite”. A Guide to the Performance of Israeli Piano Works, ed. Miriam Boskovich and Yona Rosenthal- Bogorov (Tel Aviv: The Methodical Centre for Music, 1987), pp. 39-79. (HE)
Piccola Suite / סוויטה זעירה
Comp. Year
1954
Details
Symphony Orchestra
Study score available
See also under Music for Piano
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Commissioned by the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra, cond. Michael Taube
Dur. | IMI Cat.
11′
IMI 6198-II
Premieres and selected Performances
1954 – WP: Ramat Gan ChO, Michael Taube – cond.
2006 – Avner Biron, The Israel Camarata, Jerusalem
Song of Ascent 1960 שיר המעלות
Comp. Year
1960
Details
Symphony Orchestra
First Prize, IPO Competition, 1960
Dur. | IMI Cat.
14′ | 6076
Premieres and selected Performances
1961 – WP: IPO, Gary Bertini – cond. Tel Aviv, 6/25/26/28/31.1.1961;
Jerusalem, 29.1.1961.
1966 – IPO. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky – cond. Haifa, 5.1.1966; Tel Aviv, 9.1.1966.
1974 – IBA So, Gary Bertini – cond. 13th Israel Festival. Jerusalem, 4.8.1974.
Articles About Song of Ascent
Daughter of Israel / בת ישראל
Comp. Year
1960
Details
First Freund Prize (1960)
Cantata for T, Choir & SO Text : Haim Nachman Bialik Song of Songs, Shabbat Prayers. (See Links).
Study scores available
Dur. | IMI Cat.
13′ | IMI 04
Premieres and selected Performances
1961 – WP: Ronald Dowd – T, Rinat Choir, IPO, Gary Bertini – cond. Tel Aviv, 26/30/31.12.1961, 2/3.1.1962; Haifa. 27.12.1961; Ein Gev, 28.12.1961; Jerusalem, 1.1.1962. Part of a concert celebrating the IPO’s 25th anniversary. See also under Discography.
1979 – Ronald Murdock – T, Rinat Choir, Jerusalem SO, IBA, Gary Bertini – cond. Israel Festival, Jerusalem, 16.6.1979.
Links
Artical about the prize of Henrietta Szold (Daughter of Israel)